diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 89eca15d..7fa055d9 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ configure() {
   time \
   CC=$1 \
   LD=$2 \
-  LIBS=$5 \
-  CFLAGS="-g -no-pie -std=c99" \
   LDFLAGS=$4 \
+  LIBS=$5 \
+  CXXFLAGS=$6 \
   PKG_CONFIG="./pkg-config.sh" \
   ./configure -C \
   --host=$3 \
@@ -129,13 +129,17 @@ pub() {
 
 info() {
   echo "--[ binary info ]--"
-  file ./src/elinks$1
-  ls -lh ./src/elinks$1
-  ls -l ./src/elinks$1
-  if [ "$ARCHIT" = "win64" || "$ARCHIT" = "win32" ]; then
-    wineconsole ./src/elinks$1 --version
+  if [ ! -f ../src/elinks$1 ]; then
+    file ./src/elinks$1
+    ls -lh ./src/elinks$1
+    ls -l ./src/elinks$1
+    if [ "$ARCHIT" = "win64" ] || [ "$ARCHIT" = "win32" ]; then
+      wineconsole --backend=ncurses ./src/elinks$1 --version
+    else
+      ./src/elinks$1 --version
+    fi
   else
-    ./src/elinks$1 --version
+    echo "--[*] No binary compiled."
   fi
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="i686-linux-gnu-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="i686-linux-gnu"
     BIN_SUFFIX=""
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS=""
   elif [ "$1" = "lin64" ]; then
@@ -154,6 +159,7 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="x86_64-linux-gnu-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="x86_64-linux-gnu"
     BIN_SUFFIX=""
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS=""
   elif [ "$1" = "win32" ]; then
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="i686-w64-mingw32-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="x86_64-w32-mingw32"
     BIN_SUFFIX=".exe"
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS=""
   elif [ "$1" = "win64" ]; then
@@ -170,14 +177,16 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="x86_64-w64-mingw32-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="x86_64-w64-mingw32"
     BIN_SUFFIX=".exe"
+    CXXFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include"
     LDFLAGS=""
-    LIBS=""
+    LIBS="-lws2_32"
   elif [ "$1" = "arm32" ]; then
     ARCHIT="$1"
     CC="arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc"
     LD="arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="arm-linux-gnu"
     BIN_SUFFIX=""
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS="-L../../lib/$ARCHIT"
   elif [ "$1" = "arm64" ]; then
@@ -186,6 +195,7 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="aarch64-linux-gnu-ld"
     MAKE_HOST="aarch64-linux-gnu"
     BIN_SUFFIX=""
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS="-L../../lib/$ARCHIT"
   elif [ "$1" = "native" ]; then
@@ -194,6 +204,7 @@ set_arch() {
     LD="ld"
     MAKE_HOST=""
     BIN_SUFFIX=""
+    CXXFLAGS=""
     LDFLAGS=""
     LIBS=""
   fi
@@ -247,7 +258,7 @@ select SEL in $CC_SEL; do
   if [ "$SEL" = "arch" ]; then
     arch_menu
   elif [ "$SEL" = "build" ]; then
-    configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS"
+    configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS" "$CXXFLAGS"
     if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
       break
     fi
@@ -258,7 +269,7 @@ select SEL in $CC_SEL; do
   elif [ "$SEL" = "make" ]; then
     build
   elif [ "$SEL" = "config" ]; then
-    configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS"
+    configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS" "$CXXFLAGS"
   elif [ "$SEL" = "test" ]; then
     test $BIN_SUFFIX
   elif [ "$SEL" = "pub" ]; then
@@ -273,7 +284,7 @@ select SEL in $CC_SEL; do
     for arch in "${arch_arr[@]}"; do
       echo "--[ Building: $arch ]--"
       set_arch "$arch"
-      configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS"
+      configure "$CC" "$LD" "$MAKE_HOST" "$LDFLAGS" "$LIBS" "$CXXFLAGS"
       if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
         break
       fi
diff --git a/docker/win64/Dockerfile b/docker/win64/Dockerfile
index 5184d4c2..e331f82e 100644
--- a/docker/win64/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/win64/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,24 @@
 #
-# [ win64 ] elinks docker development environment 
+# [ win64 ] elinks docker development environment v0.1a
 #
 
 FROM debian:latest
 
 RUN apt-get update; apt-get -y install rsync vim screen git make automake gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 bash g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 libssl-dev
+
+# [*] elinks openssl development support
+
+# install sources build tools and update
+RUN apt-get install -y apt-src && grep '^deb ' /etc/apt/sources.list | sed 's/deb /deb-src /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-src update
+
+# install openssl library source code
+RUN cd /root && apt-src install libssl-dev
+
+# build openssl library for win64
+RUN cd /root && cd `ls -d /root/openssl-*` && ./Configure mingw64 --cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32- --prefix=/usr/local && make && make install
+
+# [*] elinks sources
+
+# get elinks source
 RUN cd /root; git clone https://github.com/rkd77/elinks
 
diff --git a/src/network/dns.c b/src/network/dns.c
index 9b73c8da..39232b14 100644
--- a/src/network/dns.c
+++ b/src/network/dns.c
@@ -173,8 +173,13 @@ do_real_lookup(char *name, struct sockaddr_storage **addrs, int *addrno,
 	{
 		struct in_addr inp;
 
+#ifndef WIN32
 		if (is_ip_address(name, strlen(name)) && inet_aton(name, &inp))
 			hostent = gethostbyaddr(&inp, sizeof(inp), AF_INET);
+#else
+		if (is_ip_address(name, strlen(name)) && inet_pton(name, &inp))
+			hostent = gethostbyaddr(&inp, sizeof(inp), AF_INET);
+#endif
 	}
 	if (!hostent)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/socket.c b/src/network/ssl/socket.c
index d6a991a3..e1facb13 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/socket.c
+++ b/src/network/ssl/socket.c
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
 
 #endif
 
+/* Definition of X509_NAME causes compilation error on WIN32
+ * due to X509_NAME redefinition in wincrypt.h */
+#ifdef WIN32
+#undef X509_NAME
+#endif
 
 /* Refuse to negotiate TLS 1.0 and later protocols on @socket->ssl.
  * Without this, connecting to <https://www-s.uiuc.edu/> with GnuTLS
@@ -279,8 +284,14 @@ match_uri_host_ip(const char *uri_host,
 	 * network byte order.  */
 	switch (ASN1_STRING_length(cert_host_asn1)) {
 	case 4:
+#ifndef win32
 		return inet_aton(uri_host, &uri_host_in) != 0
 		    && memcmp(cert_host_addr, &uri_host_in.s_addr, 4) == 0;
+#else
+
+		return inet_pton(uri_host, &uri_host_in) != 0
+		    && memcmp(cert_host_addr, &uri_host_in.s_addr, 4) == 0;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6
 	case 16:
@@ -298,6 +309,8 @@ match_uri_host_ip(const char *uri_host,
 static int
 verify_callback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
 {
+
+	X509_NAME *name;
 	X509 *cert;
 	SSL *ssl;
 	struct socket *socket;
@@ -348,9 +361,8 @@ verify_callback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX *ctx)
 		/* Free the GENERAL_NAMES list and each element.  */
 		sk_GENERAL_NAME_pop_free(alts, GENERAL_NAME_free);
 	}
-
 	if (!matched && !saw_dns_name) {
-		X509_NAME *name;
+
 		int cn_index;
 		X509_NAME_ENTRY *entry = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/osdep/stub.h b/src/osdep/stub.h
index 2f4b8081..1a62c066 100644
--- a/src/osdep/stub.h
+++ b/src/osdep/stub.h
@@ -151,9 +151,14 @@ const char *elinks_inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, char *dst, size_t size);
 
 /* Silence various sparse warnings. */
 
+/* WIN32 This caused linker error on mingw w64 cross-compiler and in my
+ * honest opinion it's just here to silence the compiler as noted above */
+
+#ifndef WIN32
 #ifndef __builtin_stpcpy
 extern char *__builtin_stpcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef __builtin_mempcpy
 extern void *__builtin_mempcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t n);